2 Feb
2003
2 Feb
'03
11:37 a.m.
In a message dated 2/2/03 3:15:05 PM Pacific Standard Time,
ETILLMAN(a)satx.rr.com writes:
I bought the remainders of the test wafers from Gene Amdahl's Elixi company
in its failure in the mid 1980s. This was where he tried to put a mainframe
on a 6" wafer. It was a failure, pushing the limits of LSI technology at the
time. I went to their final auction in 1989.
In the lobby of the building was Gene Amdahl's first computer, not for sale.
It was very interesting. I wonder where it is now? It was destined to be
saved.
Paxton Hoag
Astoria, OR
I did have the
opportunity to meet Gene Amdahl...what a nice guy (btw he
did tell me he is a Mac user)...I asked for (and got) an autographed
copy of his picture. What ever happened to Andor (his last company) and
what were they trying to build?
2 Feb
2 Feb
12:11 p.m.
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
In the lobby of the building was Gene Amdahl's
first computer, not for
sale. It was very interesting. I wonder where it is now? It was
destined to be saved.
That would be the WISC. He built that computer while as part of his
Physics graduate studies thesis. That machine is on display at the
Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. I saw it just
a month ago.
The front of it has a number of rather large bullet holes through it.
The story is that, apparently, his son used it as part of a make-shift
target range in the basement of their home, where it was being stored
for a number of years.
Some details and a photo can be found here:
<http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/wisc.html>
-brian.
3:57 p.m.
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
In the lobby of the building was Gene Amdahl's
first computer, not for
sale. It was very interesting. I wonder where it is now? It was destined
to be saved.
It's in the Computer History Museum. It's quite an amazing machine,
considering he built it in high school!
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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3 Feb
3 Feb
3:48 a.m.
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Sun, 2 Feb 2003 Innfogra(a)aol.com wrote:
Sorry, my information is wrong. It was in fact his thesis project as has
already been pointed out.
(Doh!)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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In the lobby of the building was Gene
Amdahl's first computer, not for
sale. It was very interesting. I wonder where it is now? It was destined
to be saved.
It's in the Computer History Museum. It's quite an amazing machine,
considering he built it in high school!
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